Mathematical Reflection This year in math, we used a series called Connected Mathematics 2. This series is made up of eight major books that each covers a specific lesson or idea that will help us later in life. The books we have covered are Prime Time, Bits and Pieces I, Bits and Pieces II, Covering and Surrounding, Shapes and Designs, and we’re working on How Likely is it. Each book has a lesson that has prepared me for 7th grade.
Of all the books, Bits and Pieces I was my favorite. Why, you ask. Bits and Pieces I is a book filled with fractions, decimals, and important information about parts of the whole.
Honestly, fractions are very interesting to me. It’s easy to work with them and you normally use them in everyday life. For example, your mom and you are at Shop Rite. Your mom is at the meat section and asks the lady working there for some lunch meat. The lady asks how much. Your mom considers this question for a minute an answers “3/4 of a pound, please.”
Just like how the books each have a main topic, the investigations are smaller main topics that lead up to the main idea. Each investigation has an idea that relates to the topic of the book in some way. Here are some examples of this.
Investigation 1- Fundraising Fractions- Fractions are being used to show how far the grades are doing in fundraising until they reach their goal.
Investigation 2- Sharing and Comparing with Fractions- Fractions are being used to make comparisons.
Investigation 3- Moving between Fractions and Decimals- You are being taught about how to change fractions to decimals.
Investigation 4- Working with Percents- You are working with percents in this investigation
The problems in each one gets the message embedded in it out to the students studying in these books. Like the investigation, the problems lead up to the investigation, then leads up to the book’s main idea.
After the problems in each investigation, there is a homework called ACE. Each letter stands for a different type of problem in the homework section. A stands for Applications, C stands for Connections, and E stands for Extensions. For example, in an ACE the problems are mostly Connections, so let’s solve one. 40) The table shows the diameter and circumference of the 3 circular pizzas. The diameters of 2 other pizzas are listed. 40a) Find the circumference of the other 2 pizzas. 40b) Make a coordinate graph with diameter on the horizontal axis and circumference on the vertical graph. 40c) Describe the graph. 40d) What is a good estimate for the circumference of a pizza with a diameter of 20 inches? 40e) What is a good estimate for the diameter of a pizza with a circumference of 80 inches?
A learning strategy that we have talked about in class is to connect what we’re learning about with just about everything in life from ice cream to pie to Ferris Wheels to….Well, just about anything.
In this series, my favorite book (unit) was Bits and Pieces I. I liked this unit because we had been working on fractions, and like I told you before, I love fractions. I learned many things with this unit. For example, I learned how to turn fractions like 3/8 into decimals and percents (37.5% and 0.375). I have learned so much this year! Of course, I probably wouldn’t have gotten so far without my math teacher, Mrs. Mannon, and also the Connected Mathematics 2 series. I wouldn’t be here without both (Mrs. Mannon and the book series). Thank you!
This year in math, we used a series called Connected Mathematics 2. This series is made up of eight major books that each covers a specific lesson or idea that will help us later in life. The books we have covered are Prime Time, Bits and Pieces I, Bits and Pieces II, Covering and Surrounding, Shapes and Designs, and we’re working on How Likely is it. Each book has a lesson that has prepared me for 7th grade.
Of all the books, Bits and Pieces I was my favorite. Why, you ask. Bits and Pieces I is a book filled with fractions, decimals, and important information about parts of the whole.
Honestly, fractions are very interesting to me. It’s easy to work with them and you normally use them in everyday life. For example, your mom and you are at Shop Rite. Your mom is at the meat section and asks the lady working there for some lunch meat. The lady asks how much. Your mom considers this question for a minute an answers “3/4 of a pound, please.”
Just like how the books each have a main topic, the investigations are smaller main topics that lead up to the main idea. Each investigation has an idea that relates to the topic of the book in some way. Here are some examples of this.
The problems in each one gets the message embedded in it out to the students studying in these books. Like the investigation, the problems lead up to the investigation, then leads up to the book’s main idea.
After the problems in each investigation, there is a homework called ACE. Each letter stands for a different type of problem in the homework section. A stands for Applications, C stands for Connections, and E stands for Extensions.
For example, in an ACE the problems are mostly Connections, so let’s solve one. 40) The table shows the diameter and circumference of the 3 circular pizzas. The diameters of 2 other pizzas are listed. 40a) Find the circumference of the other 2 pizzas. 40b) Make a coordinate graph with diameter on the horizontal axis and circumference on the vertical graph. 40c) Describe the graph. 40d) What is a good estimate for the circumference of a pizza with a diameter of 20 inches? 40e) What is a good estimate for the diameter of a pizza with a circumference of 80 inches?
A learning strategy that we have talked about in class is to connect what we’re learning about with just about everything in life from ice cream to pie to Ferris Wheels to….Well, just about anything.
In this series, my favorite book (unit) was Bits and Pieces I. I liked this unit because we had been working on fractions, and like I told you before, I love fractions. I learned many things with this unit. For example, I learned how to turn fractions like 3/8 into decimals and percents (37.5% and 0.375).
I have learned so much this year! Of course, I probably wouldn’t have gotten so far without my math teacher, Mrs. Mannon, and also the Connected Mathematics 2 series. I wouldn’t be here without both (Mrs. Mannon and the book series). Thank you!
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